PL 00 -585 Warsaw, 12 Bagatela Street, phone: (+48 22) 334 98 00, fax: (+48 22) 334 99 99; e-mail: post@paiz. gov. pl; www. paiz. gov. pl Business Opportunities in Poland Warsaw, May 2006 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Presentation plan I. Poland strengths II. Labour market III. Infrastructure IV. Existing SSC and R&D (case study) V. Setting up the buisness and state aid VI. About PAIi. IZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Poland can become the service center for Europe Source: Mc. Kinsey Polska - centrum usług dla Europy? Sectors Potential new workplaces (thous. ) Call/contact centers Shared Service Centers IT Centers • Health Services • Other Planes’ repair services Transportation Logistics centers TOGETHER Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
In Poland there is a large number of possible locations Population per 1 sq km by poviats Cities with more than 100, 000 inhabitants Poland 42 Czech Rep. 5 Slovakia 2 Hungary 9 0 50 100 150 200 250 500 1000 3000 5000 Source: www. citypopulation. de, www. jobmonkey. com, GUS Polish statistical office Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
The Polish graduate pool are dwarfing other near shore countries Available new graduates per year per business process (thousands) Process Software development F&A services Poland 22 211 Czech Rep. 5 Slovakia 2 14 7 Hungary 2 23 Romania 5 33 Bulgaria 2 22 Russia 52 513 Ukraine Assumption 10 135 Graduates in Science, mathematics & computing Graduates in social sciences, business and law call center Language students with German as major at university Data center operations Graduates in engineering, manufacturing and construction Voice-based inquiry 2. 5 43 1. 0 5 2. 6 4 1. 0 5 0. 7 14 0. 2 7 n/a 105 1. 4 28 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Young society High poll of labour force is guaranteed in fallowing 10 years Polish society is relatively young considering the European average. 56% of Poles are below their 40 s Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Presentation plan I. Poland strengths II. Labour market III. Infrastructure IV. Existing SSC and R&D (case study) V. Setting up the buisness and state aid VI. About PAIi. IZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Poles are hard working and loyal Average annual hours actually worked person in dependent employment in 2004 • Poles are the hardest working nation after Korea • In 2004 each Polish employee worked on average 1957 hours • Compared to France and Germany it is almost 600 hours more Average job tenure in years in 2003 Source: OECD, Employment Outlook 2005 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Higher education international comparison Percentage of population in higher education in the 20 -29 age group Source: Education at Glance OECD 2005 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Main academic centres of crucial faculties Trójmiasto English philology Szczecin Białystok Toruń Poznań German philology French philology Spanish philology Warszawa Italian philology Zielona Góra B&A and Finance ICT Łódź Wrocław Opole Lublin Częstochowa Katowice Kraków Scheme complies up to 10 most populous academic centres of respective faculties. Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Business Students and F&A SSC 16 business academic centres with more than 10. 000 students each. More than 500 000 finance, business and administration students. Gdańsk Olsztyn Szczecin Warszawa Poznań Gądki According to PAIi. IZ reaserch there are 50 Shared Service Centers in Poland providing services in finance, accounting, HR, logistics and CRM management. In 2005 alone 9 new centers were established in Poland. Mainly financial and accounting. The biggest SSC belong to and serves: Łódź Wrocław Dąbrowa Górnicza Kraków Bielsko-Biała NUMBER OF CENTERS Source: PAIi. IZ Piaseczno <2 3 -4 5 -6 7> Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
ICT Students and Software Development / IT Centres 20 ICT academic centres with more than 2500 students each. Intel 150 000 informatics, computer science, telecommunication students Lucent technologies, Atos Origin HP, Oracle, Samsung, SAS Gdans k Szczeci n Glaxo. Smith. Kline ADB HP, Siemens, Cap. Gemini Olszty n Białystok Bydgosz cz Poznan Zielona Góra Wrocla w Warsa w Lod z Rado m Lublin Czestocho Opol wa Katowic Kielce e e Gliwice Rzeszo Cracow w Przemy sl Motorola, IBM, Delphi, International Paper Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
ICT Students and Research and Development Centers and Software Development Centres 18 Technology Universities with about 350 000 engineering students Intel Lucent Technologies, Atos Origin GE, Samsung, Glaxo. Smith. Kline Siemens Koszali n Szczeci n Gdans k Białystok Bydgosz cz Poznan Wrocla w Warsa w Lod z Rado m Lublin Opol Czestocho. Kielce e wa Gliwice Rzeszo Cracow w TRW Automotive Motorola, Delphi, Pliva Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Students from Poland are winning major programming contests Top. Coder is fast becoming the major league for programming competitions Polish students were the best coders in 2003, 2004 and 2005 Best Universities 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 14. 21. Source: www. topcoder. com, June 2006 Warsaw University of Waterloo Moscow State University MIT FER Zagreb. . . 11. Wrocław University Jagiellonian University Poznań universuty of Technology Source: www. topcoder. com, June 2006 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Students from Poland are winning major programming contests „ACM is it is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world” In the 2005 ACM Central Europe Programming Contest first three places were occupied by Polish students In International Collegiate Programming Contest in 2006: Jagiellonian University Team took 2 nd place Warsaw University Team took 7 th place 1582 universities form 71 countries Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Polish Team won Global Management Challenge in 2005 Innovation and continual change is the hallmark of the Global Management Challenge Results of the 25 th International Final in Lisbon 1. China 2. Poland 3. Spain In 2005 there were 35, 000 competitors from 19 countries Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Foreign languages’ knowledge • 44% of Polish society is able to communicate foreign language Percentage of Poles speaking foreign languages in age groups (in %) • 33% of them speak two foreign languages Source: Public Opinion Research Centre, June 2004 Percentage of pupils in general secondary education by foreign language • Learning of the foreign language is obligatory in Polish education system • English is the most popular foreign language in Poland Source: Eurostat 2005 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Students of philology departments in 2005 English German 0 -1000 1001 -2000 2001 -4000 over 4000 Russian 0 -500 501 -1000 1001 -1500 over 1500 French 0 1 -200 201 -400 401 -600 over 600 Statistical Yearbook of the Regions, GUS 2005 1 -200 201 -400 401 -600 over 600 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Presentation plan I. Poland strengths II. Labour market III. Infrastructure IV. Existing SSC and R&D (case study) V. Setting up the buisness and state aid VI. About PAIi. IZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Warsaw is the best city in terms of the value for money of office space Source: European Cities Monitor 2005, Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker Survey among 500 companies from “Europe’s 15, 000 largest companies”. The score is derived from the number of nominations for best, second best and third best Office rents in modern office projects 2005 POZNAŃ 12 -15 EUR/m 2/month WROCŁAW 11 -13 EUR/m 2/month WARSAW 18 -24 USD/m 2/month KRAKÓW 13 -15 USD/m 2/month Source: Knight. Frank 2005 Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Major cities in Poland offer direct European and overseas air connections Direct flights to major European and world cities TO LONDON GDAŃSK FROM WARSAW GDAŃSK, WROCŁAW KRAKÓW, BYDGOSZCZECIN, RZESZÓW COPENHAGEN WARSAW, SZCZECIN GDAŃSK, WROCŁAW POZNAŃ, KRAKÓW FRANKFURT WARSAW, GDAŃSK RZESZÓW, KATOWICE WROCŁAW, KRAKÓW POZNAŃ PARIS WARSAW, WROCŁAW KATOWICE, KRAKÓW BARCELONA WARSAW, KATOWICE KRAKÓW NEW YORK, CHICAGO WARSAW, KRAKÓW TEL AVIV WARSAW, KRAKÓW BYDGOSZCZ WARSAW, KATOWICE KRAKÓW MUNICH SZCZECIN WARSAW POZNAŃ ZIELONA GÓRA ŁÓDŹ WROCŁAW KATOWICE RZESZÓW KRAKÓW Overseas flights European flights Domestic connections Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Presentation plan I. Poland strengths II. Labour market III. Infrastructure IV. Existing SSC and R&D (case study) V. Setting up the buisness and state aid VI. About PAIi. IZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
R&D Centers in Poland There are 40 R&D centers created by foreign investors in Poland. They totaly employ over 4500 people. In 2005 alone 9 new centers were established in Poland. Gdańsk Szczecin The biggest SSC belong to and serves: Warsaw: Bydgoszcz Radzymin Gorzów Wielkopolski Zielona Góra Krakow: Warszawa Poznań Garwolin p Wrocław Bielawa Częstochowa Wrocław: Gliwice Katowice Bielsko-Biała ≤ 2 3 -4 5 -6 Kielce Kraków Skawina 7> NUMBER OF CENTERS Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
R & D Centres - area of activity of chosen centers Gdańsk Source: PAIi. IZ software and hardware research centre dedicated to communications technology (system architecture, software & hardware development, network quality labs); 150 engineers. Development of software for telecommunication and IT (functional and quality tests). Bydgoszcz Warszawa Zielona Góra developing software system solutions for digital TV, designing highly advanced set-top boxes; 200 engineers. Enginering Design Centre (design of jet engine, including disks, turbine blades, airfoils, combustors; 150 engineers. Wrocław Kraków Software Development Centre – development of GSM, GPRS and UMTS networks; further expansion (from present 270 to 400 engineers). Development and integration of customized IT solutions (special competence on German IT market); 140 IT-specialists are to be employed by 2006. engineering systems and automation, emerging software technologies, manufacturing technology and mechanical engineering, advanced service and IT diagnostic systems. software development in automotive industry – mobile multimedia and body electronics ( testing and validation); 480 engineers. software for digital satellite, cable and terrestrial TV (in the future - software development in DVD devices and digital cameras); 100 engineers. software research centre (telecommunication, internet and programmingtools applications); 380 software engineers. Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Shared Service Centers in Poland - case study Value: 40 mn EUR Location: Wrocław New jobs: 1000 Country: USA Financial and accounting center for the European units of Hewlett -Packard; second shared service center in Europe (the first is located in Spain) but the first HP’s center in Central and Eastern Europe; the center will also serve the external clients. Wrocław was selected mainly from the reason of: Access to well-educated labour force (21 local univeristies and higher education institutions) Lower labour costs Access to the modern office space WROCLAW Access to the airport with direct international flights Good location near A 4 motorway Enthusiastic attitude of the regional authorities and assistance offered by them for the investor Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Presentation plan I. Poland strengths II. Labour market III. Infrastructure IV. Existing SSC and R&D (case study) V. Setting up the buisness and state aid VI. About PAIi. IZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Poland – Setting up the business Basic principles Forms of activity available for EU (EEA) enterpreneurs § Equal treatment for domestic companies & companies founded by foreign investors. • 2 forms of companies (limited liability, joint-stock) and 5 forms of partnerships (registered, professional, limited, limited joint-stock, civil). § Full repatriation of profits, dividends and capital invested. Number of days to start a business (World Bank data) § No restrictions on foreign investment to enter any business activity. § The right to buy real estate & other assets. Acquisition of real estate § Free purchase of investment real estate for EEA entrepreneurs (EU, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein) §Transition periods: EEA nationals and entrepreneurs must obtain a permit in the following cases: • To purchase agricultural and forest land - for 12 years (i. e. until 2 May 2016), • To purchase a second home (the real estate for residential or recreational purposes and which will not be used by a foreigner as the habitual residence) - for 5 years (i. e. until 1 May 2009). Poland 31 Hungary 65 Czech Republic 88 Slovakia 98 Taxation & Social Security • Corporate Income Tax (CIT) - 19%. • Personal Income Tax (PIT) - 19%, 30%, 40% • Value Added Tax (VAT) – - basic rate – 22% - reduced rates – 7%, 3% - export and intra-community supply rate – 0% • Social security contributions paid by employer (from 19. 83% to 22. 72% of the salary) and employee (18. 71% of the salary). Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Tax Incentives/Abatements/Exemptions: 1. CIT Exemption • • • A special economic zone (SEZ) is a designated area in which manufacturing or distribution activities can be conducted on preferential terms The purpose of SEZs is to support regional development Currently, there are 14 SEZ in Poland, each consisting of several subzones Total area of all SEZ – ca. 6, 300 hectares. Additional 1, 700 available for big investors from June 2004 SEZ operate until 2015 -2017 Permits to conduct activities in SEZ are issued by the authorities of each SEZ Benefits from obtaining a permit to conduct activities in SEZs eligibility for income tax exemption – a form of regional aid plot of land prepared for an investment project, available at a competitive price free assistance in dealing with formalities relating to investment project exemption from real estate tax grants for employee training programmes grants for the creation of new jobs Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Presentation plan I. Poland strengths II. Labour market III. Infrastructure IV. Existing SSC and R&D (case study) V. Setting up the buisness and state aid VI. About PAIi. IZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency Who we are and services we offer PROMOTION OF POLAND S E R V I C E S PMs team with sectoral expertise Network of regional offices (Investors’ Servicing Centres) Co-opeartion with SEZs, central and local authorities Co-operation with Polish Embassies abroad Single point of contact for information and advice Governmental agency formed in June 2003 as a successor of former investment promotion agency PAIZ • Investment climate • Incentives system • Statistics • Sectoral statistics • Potential partners Testimonial visits with investors I N F O R M A T I O N After-care services Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency
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